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11 Union County residents under 20 test positive for COVID-19

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As of May 15, there have been 11 Union County residents under 20 years of age who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 67 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that 16 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 15, there have been 117 confirmed COVID-19 cases and four deaths from the coronavirus in Union County.

Illinois gathers all of its COVID-19 data from across the state electronically. The reported cases and deaths will fluctuate as additional info is gathered. Chicago was home to one of the first known cases of COVID-19 in the US, as well as it's transmission.

Test results for the past 10 days in Union County
Date
Total Tested
Total Positive
Positive %
May 15
842
117
13.9
May 14
803
113
14.1
May 13
711
105
14.8
May 12
539
63
11.7
May 11
512
63
12.3
May 10
502
63
12.5
May 9
458
62
13.5
May 8
430
58
13.5
May 7
374
52
13.9
May 6
348
48
13.8

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